Home sales jump 22 percent

2:02 AM,
Mar. 22, 2013

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After a flat January, home sales in the Marion area jumped 22.2 percent in a February-to-February comparison, and the average sale price edged up 2.1 percent, according to the Ohio Association of Realtors.

JoAnn Neal, president of the Marion Board of Realtors, said the improving home market is expected.

"It's sort of in line with what we've been told is going to happen," she said. "I think with the unemployment rate dropping and sales coming up, we're coming up." ...